commandery C2+ Topic:Shopping & Services US /ˈkɑmənˌdɛri/ UK /ˈkɒməndəri/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a district or estate under the command of a knightly order The Templars administered the wealthy commandery from a fortified hall. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a district or estate under... estatedistrictpreceptorymanor Word family Related forms commandcommandercommandment Etymology AI details From Old French commanderie, from commandeor ('commander'), from commander ('to command'), from Vulgar Latin commandare, from Latin mandare ('to order, entrust'). commanderie Old French mandare Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Shopping & Services Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # commandery **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkɑmənˌdɛri/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkɒməndəri/ ## Meanings 1. a district or estate under the command of a knightly order ## Examples - The Templars administered the wealthy commandery from a fortified hall. ## Synonyms - estate - district - preceptory - manor ## Related Forms - command - commander - commandment ## Roots and Affixes - Root: commanderie - Root: mandare ## Etymology From Old French commanderie, from commandeor ('commander'), from commander ('to command'), from Vulgar Latin commandare, from Latin mandare ('to order, entrust'). ## AI Etymology Commandery comes from Old French commanderie, from commandeor ('commander'), from commander ('to command'), from Vulgar Latin commandare, from Latin mandare ('to order, entrust'). The historical trail runs through commanderie in Old French and mandare in Latin. Used as a noun, commandery now means "a district or estate under the command of a knightly order", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as command, commander, and commandment. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English. ## Topics - Shopping & Services - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown